NO CARS ALLOWED! That is the theme of the Erlebnistage Deutsche Weinstraße (or experience day on the German Wine Route). This year was the 24th annual event and they had 330,000 visitors to the German Wine route. People came by train or car, dragging their bikes along for the day. The total length of the...
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We recently joined a group of friends to enjoy some of the best beers produced world wide at the Bierbörse in Mainz, Germany. Many of our favorites were represented. We especially enjoyed the fact that you could purchase a “ProBIERGlas” or a trial glass for only 3,50 euro and wander stand to stand tasting each...
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The annual Ladenburg Dragon Boat Races or Drachenbootrennen kicked off this year with beautiful breezy weather and a very distinguished visitor….when I worked for the Government and we worked events where the POTUS (President of the US) was in attendance we called him the DV (distinguished visitor)…personally I thought it would have been funnier to...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 12:23pm Posted in Around my Village, Experiments, Festivals, Germany, Living in Europe, Local Color, Observations, Portraits, Travel
The Dragons have returned once again to our little sleepy bend in the Neckar river. Ladenburg hosted the 6th annual Dragon Boats races with 55 teams from local areas competing. The atmosphere was alive, especially because our long running heatwave broke the evening before the races, thus encouraging everyone to come and participate. Our small...
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